Word: saudi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...world's most dangerous man" (1971-79), Amin fled with his wives, children and entourage to Saudi Arabia. Tried returning to Uganda through Zaire last year and was kicked out. The Saudis allowed him back but restricted his access to phone lines...
Then came mad panic. In the scramble to escape, hundreds were crushed under the frantic feet of their co-religionists; others collapsed in the airless heat. "It was terrible," an Arab survivor told Saudi television. "When one stumbled, scores trampled him and hundreds fell on top of them." According to Islamic teachings, to die while on the hajj ensures immediate ascension to heaven. On that day 1,426 Muslims earned the privilege...
...face of such a ghastly tragedy, Saudi Arabia's response sounded shockingly cavalier. Officials initially dismissed reports of 1,400 killed as exaggerations, while King Fahd called the calamity "God's will." Said he: "Had they not died there, they would have died elsewhere." The unapologetic monarch suggested that the pilgrims themselves were to blame for not abiding by "official instructions." Later the government conceded on the death toll, but the King, in a radio address, clung to his claim of inculpability, asking, "Can anyone stop death...
Certainly, managing the hajj is a formidable exercise. Despite Saudi efforts to regulate where and how believers travel, some, particularly the elderly, perish each year attempting to complete the long hikes in the desert sun required by the pilgrimage, which is a must for any Muslim who is physically and financially able to make it. In recent years the month-long hajj season has become more unmanageable as the Islamic revival and the increased affordability of air tickets have swelled the annual ranks of pilgrims to 2 million or more. To handle the deluge, the Saudi government is investing...
...Gulf's orange ball went down like a setting sun, replaced by Chevron's stripes after a corporate takeover. More important, some of the new owners are foreign oil companies. Texaco's refining and marketing operations in 26 Eastern and Gulf Coast states are now half-owned by the Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco. Venezuela's national petroleum company bought out Citgo. In Europe a new symbol has emerged: Q8. The homophonic logo representing Kuwait's oil company appears on the signs of 4,800 gasoline stations in Western Europe...